Shoe



Aug. 21, 1934. 5. J. PENTLER ET AL SHOE Filed Jan. 30, 1933 2Sheets-Sheet l 1934- s. J. PENTLER EFAL 1,971,050

SHOE

Filed Jan. 30, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 /z' v W Patented Aug. 21, 1934 VSHOE Sigmund J. Pentler arrdrotto R. Short, Wausau,

Application January 30, 1933, Serial No. 654,264

1 Claim. (01. 36-47) This invention pertains to shoes, and more singleblank of material and are of substantiparticularly to the rear quarter.ally the same general contour. While it is not The invention hasprimarily for its object to essential to the invention that the quarterlinfurther improve the structure of shoe quarters, ing be constructedsimilarly to the outer quarter,

'15 such as disclosed in pending application for Letthe same is mostdesirable in the preferred form 6,

ters Patent No. 636,660, filed October 7, 1932, of the invention.wherein a one-piece rear quarter is notched at- With particularreference to Figure 3 of the the rear lower edge and stitched to a pointinterdrawings, it will be noted that the rear quarter mediate its upperand lower edges in order to 10 is formed from a single blank ofmaterial,

;10- effect the desired shaping and tailoring. having its endsterminating in the usual lace Q5 The only objection to the foregoingconstructabs 12, which are provided with eyelets or hooks tion residesin the presence of a somewhat un- 13, as best illustrated in Figure 2 ofthe drawsightly seam. Therefore, the present invention ings.Intermediate of the end tabs 12, the lower has for its object toovercome the foregoing obedge of the outer quarter blank is providedjection by the provision of a one-piece rear quarwith a plurality ofspaced notches 14, the depth 79 ter, which is not only tailored to thedesired shape, of which is limited to such extent that the but alsopresents no seam, the stitching being notches will be positionedentirely below the below the lasting line. line of lasting in thefinished shoe.

Incidental to the foregoing, a more specific ob- In order to shape thequarter to the heel of ject resides in the provision of a one-piece rearthe last, the edges of the notches 14 are secured Z5 vquarter t d i a pura ity of pla s at its together by the stitching 15, thus drawing in lw r e dja nt h h l s a the edges of the lower edge of the quarter and atthe same the notches being stitched together and positime slightlyshaping the same to the heel of tioned below the line of lasting. thelast without puckers or wrinkles inasmuch .25 With the above and otherobjects in view, as surplus material has been removed. 8,0 which willappear as the description proceeds, While two or more of the notches 14.may be the invention resides in the novel construction, formed i th tspaced t desired t combination and arrangement of parts, substanvals, ithas been found in practice that the quara y as hereinafter described andmore p ter can be more readily tailored and shaped to CU- y d fi d y thepp c s, t the last by the provision of three notches, one inc und st dat uc changes in the precise positioned on the center line of the heelseat, embodiment of the heroin disclosed invention may ith th th spacedslightl therefrom, Also, be made as come within the scope of the claims.th use of plurality of t h enables th In the acco pa y drawings isillustrated depth of the notches to be reduced to a mini- 35 one c pleXample of the physical embodimum, essential in order to confine thesame be- 90 ment of the present invention constructed accordl th line oflasting so they 111 t be ib ing to the best mode so far devised for thepracin th finished h tical application of the principles thereof. Whileany type of seam, such as a fiat-fell,

I t d1 butt seam, or the like, may be employed for se- Figure 1 is arear elevation of a Shoe C011- curing the edges of the notches 14together, those 95 structed in accordance with the present invention. mg t are merely pressed open Seams, which Figure 2 is a flattenedelevation Of the rear are easy to construct and require no pequarterwith the lining attached thereto. Cial machinery F ur 3 is an elevationof the reer quarter As will be noted in Figure 5 of the drawings,

blank. wherein the lining blank 11 is imposed upon the 100 Fi ure 4 i esimfler view of the quarter outer quarter blank in dotted lines, bothblanks and are of substantially the same contour, although Figure 5 isan eleYation 0f the real quarter this may be slightly varied, requiringthe lining blank with the outline of the quarter lining t be prung institching its upper edge and end imposed thereon in dotted linestabs tothose of the outer quarter, thus provid- 1 05 Referring ow moreparticularly to the ing a flare between the quarter and lining forcompanying drawin s, he pr n inventi n, reception of the usual heelcounter interposed which resides in the novel construction of thebetween the lining and quarter.

rear quarter, comprises an outer quarter 10 and Like the outer quarter,the lining is provided a quarter lining 11, which are formed from a withend tabs 12', and its lower edge has the notches 14, corresponding withthose of the outer quarter, formed therein. The notches 14 are thenstitched to draw in the lower edge of the lining and shape the same tothe last.

Obviously, from the foregoing it will be readily seen that an extremelysimple, durable, and attractive rear quarter assembly has been provided,which eliminates unsightly seams and does away with reenforcing and backstraps. It will also be appreciated that the possibility of thestitching 15 tearing is eliminated, in that the same is securely heldbetween the inner sol and heel in the finished shoe.

SIGMUND J. PENTLER. OTTO R. SHORT.

